Overview

• Connolly left HMP Peterborough on Thursday morning after serving roughly 40% of a 31‑month sentence and will complete the term on licence.
• She told interviewers she is considering legal action against police over public statements about her case and signalled upcoming media appearances.
• Connolly also said she intends to meet Trump officials, adding an international dimension to a case already monitored by the US State Department earlier this year.
• She pleaded guilty last October at Birmingham Crown Court to inciting racial hatred after posting a widely viewed message calling for arson against asylum‑seeker hotels; police also found other racist messages on her phone.
• Her bid to cut the sentence was refused by the Court of Appeal in May, while figures such as Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage criticised the punishment and Prime Minister Keir Starmer defended the courts’ approach to incitement.